Always an Adventure
A few cool photos from this year’s cycling trips and events. Summer for us started early with a January trip to New Zealand. It was mainly to see Lillian’s brother’s family, but we also took our bikes. Here we are … Continued
If one of the qualities of intelligent life is the ability to learn from past experiences, then the Grandfondo Mont Ventoux would call into question any claims I have to be considered as such. Why was I back again, toiling … Continued
2017 was a bad season for snow in the Alps. However, it had some advantages. At the time of my trip in the last week of March, the fresh grass in the valleys was beautiful, there were fewer people than normal skiing … Continued
This is a chronicle of my journey through the London X League races in Q3 2016 and transformation from cyclo-cross newbie to proto-cross rider, along with the lessons I learned along the way. Race 1: Sumners Pond It was exciting … Continued
This was a fantastic experience and one of the best bike rides I have done. With seven days of back to back racing it crossed 19 Pyrenean cols and took us through beautiful rolling countryside and spectacular mountain scenery. Whilst … Continued
Lillian and another friend have nick-named me the Duracell Bunny. I don’t think it is entirely meant as a compliment but hopefully I can prove worthy of the name in the Haute Route Pyrenees which I will be starting on … Continued
Lillian and I have been going to Bourg d’Oisans, the town at the foot of the famous climb of Alpe d’Huez, nearly every summer for the last ten years. In fact, my first experience of riding Alpine climbs was in the … Continued
The Morzine Haut-Chablais was chosen as the London Dynamo Club Sportive for 2016. With over forty club members taking part, it felt a bit like a school trip except with the difference that everyone had the means and freedom to do … Continued
With big cycling plans later in the summer to round up our year off – the Haute Route Pyrenees for me, and a Nice to Geneva trip for Lillian – we were looking for a test of our climbing legs … Continued
The Granfondo Gassin Golfe de St-Tropez, the season opener for the series of cycling events organised by Sport Communication, took place on Sunday 10th April. Having previously completed other Sport Communication events (Marmotte, Morzine and Vaujany) we knew that it … Continued